Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
This is stunning. I want Kristen Wiig to bust out something like this at the Emmys -- a ball gown, a color, regal. Just to see.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
Elie Saab feels a lot like Couture for the Timid sometimes, actually. I don't mean that in a bad way. It's just that this stuff is almost Beginner-level wearable compared to all the other shows. And that's fine because everyone has to start somewhere.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
Okay, we've got a touch of sorcery here, for the experimental.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
Claire Danes will need an Emmy dress... but mostly I am curious if someone will end up lopping off the straps when this gets selected. Not because I don't like them, but something about the angle makes me wonder if they'll be deemed unnecessary.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
Who would wear the neck scarf... for some reason I'm feeling Julianna Margulies on that. Or Jessica Pare.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
Beautiful, classy, and dreamy.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
Beautiful, classy, and dreamy: the nude version.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
And in blue. Line that sucker properly and give it to Kaley Cuoco, along with a better hair plan.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
It's lovely long, too, albeit still a nip hazard if not executed properly.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
This is a no-brainer to get picked out by someone, but I wish the color weren't so dishwater-y.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
I mean, Hollywood can't resist flesh tones. But it's so much better with a higher sparkle factor. As evidenced by much of this skirt, the fabric on its own is the most depressing panty-hose shade at the drugstore.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
It's just drab when it's not totally tricked out. Yawn.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
It's a creative mind who makes a glorified caftan that also flashes nipple.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
After a while these all run together a bit. This feels boring at this point, even though parts of it are objectively pretty.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
Jessica Chastain loves this sort of thing, right? This is giving me deja vu, though -- in fact, a lot of this show does.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
Like this. I feel like I've seen this before.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
And this. Also, I would like this entirely better without the lace.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
Transparency is a pernicious little sucker.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
Do we think Taylor Swift would ever do this? Or has she done it already? I've lost track. She has that knack for doing things that feel stale already even if it's her first time.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
Freida Pinto would look great in that.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
I kind of want to lop off the sleeve but keep the asymmetry. Still... very simple, very pretty, the type of thing that's tough to screw up.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
Did someone ask for a green version? VOILA.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
Y'all know I'm thinking of redheads. You just know it. Nicole Kidman in this color would be amazing, right?
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
That is a beautiful execution of a non-design. I'd love something with a bit more intrigue -- just a bit.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
Ditto this. It doesn't have enough dimension for me, so all I can focus on is the satin sheen, and it takes me to Dyed-To-Match Land.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
Connie Britton.
Elie Saab: Runway - Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture F/W 2013-2014
Let's take bets now on whether the person who wears this DOES bother lining it. I'm going to say no.